Weather protector



Feb. 12, 1935. -.1. F. FAUNER WEATHER PROTECTOR Filed June 17, 1953INVENTOR fise lz Fflzmer ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 12, 1935 UNITED? STATES;

PATENT OFFICE WEATHER PROTECTOR Joseph F. Fauner, Irvington, N. J;Application June 17," 1933, Serial-'No. 676,397

1' Glaim: (C15 20 66)' Anotherobject of thisinvention is to provide inadevice' of this kind a stationary base structure,

attachable to, 01 mounted with the existing frame 10'; work of 'door orwindow openings, in which structure' isprovided a movable member,adapted to normally lay flat or flushwith the stationary portion' ofthe-structure, and further adapted to rise or torbe elevated above: thestructure, when the 16: door or: window is being closed; 7

Stillianother object of this invention is toprovide a suitable operatingmechanism for said movable member; by means of which the latterisi'brought from its normal, flush position to its elevated position,when actuated by the closing door or window.

A further object 01 thisinventionis to'provide with thedoorJor window anadjustableactuating element adapted-to engage said operatingmechanism'at a predetermined position of the closing door or window.

A still other obj ect, of: this invention'is to pro vide-atthe edge or.edges of the door or; window suitable means for forminga weather-tightconnection: between those'edges and the elevated structuremember, whenthe" door or window is fully closed.

The foregoing andstillother objects will become more fully apparent fromthe following'de- 35 scriptionand the accompanying drawing, forming partof my disclosure, but not intended to limit me to the structures shown,andin which:

Figure'l is an elevation, partially in cross-section, of the lowerportion of a frame and a door or. window, equipped with my weatherprotector in its normal position, while the dooror window is fully open.

Figure 2 is a partial top view of a corner of a frameand a door orwindow showing my de I vice in the position illustrated in Figurel. 1Figure3'is'a cross-sectional view throughmy devicein its operativeposition, with the frame and door or window indicated in-broken lines.

Figure'4 is aipartial'top view of a door or window provided withmyadjustable abuttingelement;

. Figure 5 illustrates anelevation of a portion of a frame, and .door orwindow in closed position.

Figures 6, '7 anda are profiles in elevation of modified forms of mystructure and movable member, and

Figure 9: illustrates an elevation of another profile ofmy structure and"a modified form ofmy' weather-proofing attachment to the edge of-a'door: or window. v

Referringnow to the drawing, numeral 10 denotes the weather side of aframe, while the innerframe portion isindicated at 1-1- and the middleportion at 12. Over the base line marked- 13, is arranged my stationarystructure consisting ofthe frontalportion 14; rear portion-15' and"middle portion 16;. in which latter is hinged' at 1'7 movable member18', shown in its normal,flat- OI flush position in Figure 1; -Itsswinging endis cut on a biaeas indicated at 19, which biased edgeregisters with the similarly cut face of inner memher. 16;Extending-from movable member 18' endwisej is a pin 20; clearly seen inFigure 2, which pin is engaged' by a slot 21, arranged in-a fiat lever-22: The-latter is hinged at 23and is provided' at its inner end'with'abutments 24-and 25.

Numeral'26 denotes a door orwin'dow, which-is hingedf'at 0, indicatingthe center line of the hinge Attached-at the bottom edge. and adjustablymounted, is an abutting element 27 adapted tolengage abutment 24 0flever 22 when the door closes. This element extends from a'fiange 28}whichisprovided withlongitudinal slots 29, which latter facilitate thepositioning of theilange, so that thei'en'ga'gementbetween abuttingelement 27'and abutment 24 is so timed, as to cause the operation oflever-'22; just before the complete ciosingofrth'e door or window. (SeeFigure 5) Abutment of lever 22 is engaged by a plung- 'er.' 3o, whichextends from a housing 31' andis propelled outwards by means of spring32 lodged in the housingf (See Figure 2) Housing- 31 isimbedded in theframe of the door or window; asclearly Se'en frOmFiguIes 1, 2 and 3;Through the action of piston against abutment 25; lever 22is. constantlyurged to assume the position shown inFi'gure l iand o'nl y the closingof the door 7 or window'willcause a movement-of the lever, in thatabutment element 27= is caused to gradually engage and'{ depressabutment 24', whereby the leveris" caused toswing' aboutjit spivot 23.

When the door or window is'brought'td'its closing position and isfinally closed, 1ever22i will assume theposition shown in Figure 3,.atwhich position movable member 18' will become elevated, while plunger 30is depressed into the housing." V

. Door or window. 263s recessed, as indicated-fat 33; in which recess"is mounted aresilient weather-proofing element 34, which latter isadapted, when the door or window is being closed, to slip over theelevated, beveled edge of member 18, as clearly seen in Figure 3. Thisweather-proofing element forms a tight contact with the edge of member18 and prevents rain, snow,

,hail or wind from entering;

In Figures 1 and 3 it will be seen that between portions 14 and 16 ofthe stationary structure there is provided a drain-pipe, adapted toconvey water, deflected by member 18, when the latter is in its elevatedposition;

In Figures 1 and 3 are shown profiles of a -pre-" ferred baseconstruction, which, however, may be altered in shape and appearance, asclearly seen in Figures 6, '7 and 8, all of which three latter figuresare shown in just oppositeposition to that of'Figures'l and 3, in otherwords, the

weather side of thesethree figures is at left. The

stationary portion of Figure 6 isindicated at 35, while itselevatablemember is marked 36. The arrow indicates the direction of operation ofthis member. In Figure 6 the stationary structure 37 has a'leftand righthand inclined approach, while the movable member 38 is very similar tothat shown in Figure 6., For certain lim- [ited thresholds, aconstruction shown in Figure 8 may be found preferable, in which astationary member 39isillustrated, provided with a hinged operatingmember40.

. A modified form of mydeviceis illustrated in Figure 9. Thismodification is particularly inture, upon'which ishingedly mounted at 42movtendedtoshow a different construction, of the weather-proofingelement attached to the edge of the door or window. In this figure,numeral 41 denotes the stationary portion of my strucable member 43,which terminates into a hook construction 44.' The latterisadapted tointerengage with a similar hook-shaped end 45 of r is;

' whichtforms a continuous'hinge, the interlock-.

ing female and male parts 'of which are each '60 7 made of one solidpiece of material over-. 'the enviI Fig. 9; ,The movable elements of allshapes are all intended for shedding water and for'prewithin the doororventing its penetration ,to

window, 7 ParticuIar attention is directed to the connection betweenstationary and movable members,

tire length of the members,'whereby an absolutely weather andwater-tight connection is'as-' sured... Inasmuch as the-structureextends far into the frame work of, the doors or windows, there. is nopossibility of leakage anywhere.

: Anotherv important feature. of my construction resides in theconcealed,positive'and-unobstruc "tive manner of attachment'of thestationary meniber to the existing frames of doors and windows." Thescrew holes. indicated in Figures '6, 7

and 8 are countersunk for the reception ofwood screws-or the like, whichlatter, are intended to be en'tirelyoutof the way when the movablememher is in inoperative position, i. e. when'the de-' vice is exposedto the ordinary use for which it intended when the door orwindow isopen.

an anglej46, attached to door or window 4'7;

Similarly notable is the fact that the construction of my devicepossesses no openings, crevices or places in which dirt, dust or othersmall obstructions may gather, which would belikely to interfere withthe proper operation of themovable member, or prevent it fromassumingits full closing position. The only possible place" where smallparticles of dirt may lodge is between'the end of the movable member andits positive and generous seat provided atthe stationary members, asmaybe readily seen from Figures 6, 7 and 8. Inasmuch as such dirt mayenter only when the device is in an inoperative position as shown, thepossibility of foreign mat-' ten-forming serious obstructions is veryremote, sincesthe zopening indicated between the two members, asillustratedin the figures, is exaggerated and actually does not exist inpractice, the movable member being intended to abut tightly with thestationary -member.

.Moreover, the present construction is designed V to'do away with anyauxiliary weather-proofing means, usually provided at thelower edgeofdoors, and frequentlyconsistingof'a solid bead 1 extending along theentire threshold v structure.

and a'hollow channel attached to the bottom 'of the door and adapted tocooperate .withand to engage the bead; Such channel moves'over rugs andmats when the door is operated,:.and' gathers dust and fiber whichbecomes gradually compressed into layers and eventually prevents thechannel from fully engagingthe bead; This.

results in the door not closingproperly. iThe bead extend'mg fromthethreshold structure in addition forms a dangerous obstruction overwhich a personmay, easily trip. This isimpossible with my device. i

From the foregoing description it will be quite evident that myinvention has decided vadvan tages' over present day methods of weatherproofing window-sills or thresholds, 'in that it eliminates completely.allfsorts of auxiliary de- 7 vices. for keeping tight the'bottom orside por-, tions of doors and. windows, asgforcinstance hooks,slip-bolts, snap-locks, etc., which latter actually do not serve for anyother purposeexcept for drawing close doors or windows to their frames;yet still do-not prevent the entrance'of elements into. the cracksbetween the frames and the doors of Windows. My constr'uctionalso showsthat the stationary portionlof my device can be attached without showingscrews or other means of attachment when the door or window is open. Mydevice also prevents damage 'usually causedi'by projecting auxiliaryclosing devicesand eliminates jamming of the'door or window or scrapingby such devices.

The adjustable feature of myabutting element permits the elevation ofthe movable member at any degree of opening of the door or window. Thedrain-pipe provided in the device assures the conveying of water to theoutside of the building, thereby preventing any] accumulation ofmoisture behind theclosed doorlor window.

i It is to be noted that'all of my weather-proofe ing devices areintended to extend over the entire length of a window-sill-or doorthreshold, and that the movable member of the stationary base structureas. well as the weatherproofing element provided at the edge off thedoor or window-and adapted to contact with the elevated movable member,also extends over the whole length of the base structure. Moreover mydevice may be secured to notonly the dow-sill or threshold, but may beapplied to any other side, or' all sides of a window or door.

,While I have shown specific structures and forms of my device, it isquite evident that variations and improvements may be readilyincorporated therein, and I therefore reserve for myself the right tomake such improvements and changes as may become necessary when myinvention is produced commercially.

I claim:

In a weather protector for doors or windows, adapted to either take theplace of, or become permanently associated with a frame part of suchdoor or window, a hollow, stationary, substantially channel-shaped basemember having two approach edges, extending upwards and uninterruptedlyover the entire length of the device, one of the edges forming acomponent part of a continuous hinge formation, a movable memberoperatively associated with said stationary member and provided at oneof its edges with a continuous hinge formation corresponding to andinterlocked with the hinge formation of the stationary member, saidhinge formations of both members adapted to form a dirt-proof,unobstructive and uninterrupted connection between the correspondingedges of the two members, while said movable member is either initsnormal, downward, inoperative or closing position, or while it is in itsswung-up, operative position, said hinge formation forming male andfemale shapes, having uniform cross-sections extending over the entirelength of the device, the female portion encircling the male portionsufliciently to prevent disengagement of these portions, but permittingthe required operation of the movable member, a plunger mechanism incooperation with the door or window and said movable member foractuating the latter, and a recess in the door or window foraccommodating and forming a weather-proof contact with said movablemember, when the latter is elevated, while 20 the door or window isclosed.

' JOSEPH F. FAUNER.

